What is the swot analysis of cement industries of Pakistan?

Answer 1

firstly i would like to brief about what swot stands for,s- stand for strength,w-satand for weaknesses,o-satand for opportunity and t-stand for threats.

strength

the strength of this industry is it is a long term industry

weaknesses

their weaknesses is the non delivery promise

poor positioning

opportonities

their opportunity is that it creates job opportunities because there people are working there

threats

their threats is dirty industry and is not well secured

Answer 2

In 2002 the world production of hydraulic cement was 1,800 million metric tons. The top three producers were China with 704, India with 100, and the United States with 91 million metric tons for a combined total of about half the world total by the world's three most populated states.[22]

POLITICAL

The price of cement is primarily controlled by the coal rates, power tariffs, railway

tariffs, freight, royalty and cess on limestone. Interestingly, government controls all of these

prices. Government is also one of the biggest consumers of the cement in the country. Most state

governments, in order to attract investments in their respective states, offer fiscal incentives in

the form of sales tax exemptions/deferrals. States like Haryana offer a freeze on power tariff for

5 years, while Gujarat offers exemption from electric duty. (India Infoline Ltd n.d.)

ECONOMIC

Currently, the industry is on the boom, with a lot of government infrastructure and housing

projects under construction. In spite of seeing a fall during 2008-09, the export segment of the

industry is expected to grow again on account of various infrastructure projects that are being

taken up all over the world and numerous outstanding cement plants coming up in near future in

the country

SOCIAL

Usually, the cement industry in India consists of both the organized sector and the unorganized sector. Organized sector comprises of the well-known cement manufacturing companies while the main players of the unorganized sector are the regional and local cement-producing units in various states across the state. Indian consumers prefer buying branded cement like

ULTRATECH, JAYPEE CEMENT, LAFARGE CEMENT etc. It has been seen in the past, as

well, that mini cement plants with low brand value and image are not able to survive against the

cement giants. With a population of more than 100 billion people, it is expected that cement

industry will create another 25 lakhs jobs in the next 4-5 years.

TECHNOLOGY

From mining to production the entire process depends on technology. The Government of India

plans to study and possibly acquire new technologies from the cement industry of Japan. The

government is discussing technology transfer in the field of energy conservation and

environment protection to help improve efficiency of the Indian cement industry.Cement

industry has made tremendous strides in technological up-gradation and assimilation of latest

technology. At present 93% of the total capacity in the industry is based on modern and

environment-friendly dry process technology.